. . "Raymond Berr Collection"@eng . "Raymond Berr, French Jewish, was born in 1888. Right out of the school, he became professor of geology at the Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne. He served in the First World War and afterwards became CEO of Kuhlmann and in 1933, Managing Director and Executive Vice President. In 1940 he was no longer allowed his position at the company and for a few months in 1942, he was arrested but later released. Arrested again on March 8, 1944 with his wife and daughter he left with the convoy from Drancy No. 70, March 27, 1944 to Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen. He was later killed in Auschwitz, as was his wife. Their daughter Helene was killed in Bergen Belsen in 1945. Helene Berr's diary from 1942 until her death is published and describes the family's experiences during the war.\n\nWinnifred Child was the family's governess and returned to England in 1940."@eng . "Raymond Berr Collection"@eng . .